The brightest idea in Lords Of The Fallen is also its darkest, like something itching beneath the skin.
Its name: the Umbral, a ghoulish alternate plane that lingers parallel to the everyday dimension of Axiom.
You can peer into it with the aid of a magic lantern, cross to explore it voluntarily, or fall down dead and resurrect there with a last chance to destroy whatever killed you. From inside or out, the Umbral’s presence remains an admirable achievement in HexWorks’ mission to produce, in the words of creative director Cezar Virtosu, a “Dark (E381). If only it wasn’t joined by other
